I have a problem...

"DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully" (danceswithrotors)
11/05/2017 at 22:00 • Filed to: Volvo, Volvo 242 GT, Rare Volvo, I have a problem.

So, I totally went out and bought another rare Volvo yesterday... A 1980 242 GT, to be precise...

Have a picture of it in the Oakland Hills, overlooking San Francisco Bay.

Next step: DMV on Thursday to get tags... It’s currently on a Texas temporary permit, so... Gotta fix that with real plates. Already passed smog, so it should be pretty painless.

DISCUSSION (24)

traitor joe > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/05/2017 at 22:03

Kinja'd!!!

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > traitor joe
11/05/2017 at 22:05

Two things... Change husband to wife in the above meme, and I will never have enough RWD Volvos.

Captain of the Enterprise > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/05/2017 at 22:05

Congrats! It looks pretty sweet!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/05/2017 at 22:20

Nice! Round headlight 240s make me happy.

Chariotoflove > traitor joe
11/05/2017 at 22:41

Oh, I love this, and I can think of so many uses for it.

EL_ULY > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/05/2017 at 22:42

Coooooooooooool!

Chariotoflove > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/05/2017 at 22:43

You are a rare bird then. Most women have better judgement than to collect old Volvos. It’s us men that usually need adult supervision. :p

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/05/2017 at 23:25

Sell your worse one to me and buy a better one!

Amoore100 > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/06/2017 at 00:47

Ok, I’m not sure how I never noticed you here before, but I have nothing but admiration for you—first off, a woman in a male-dominated hobby deserves applause because, at least for me, there are so many people who can’t consider a gay man like me to love vehicles the way I do so I know what it can be like; secondly, your taste is simply exquisite! A Redblock swapped 262C? I was drooling. A nice 242 GT? Even better. What’s next, a 780 Turbo?! There are quite a few in the Bay, as I’ve grown up there for the past 18 years of my life ;)

gmctavish needs more space > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/06/2017 at 01:25

You have bought my ideal starting point 240, it’s beautiful. Really looking forward to more pictures of this

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Amoore100
11/06/2017 at 02:42

I actually know someone with a PRV 780 that I can get for under $500. I’d have to drag it out to the Bay from Tennessee, but...

I totally get being queer and into cars, though. Being in the car scene as a woman, much less an out lesbian is...interesting, with Turbobricks being the one real exception... That’s part of why I do Volvos... The people are awesome, and there are a few openly LGBT men and women in the scene to help me feel less alone.

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
11/06/2017 at 02:47

I have a non-running 244 that’s been branded as a Gross Polluter. $200 takes it home. :D

pip bip - choose Corrour > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/06/2017 at 06:21

nice find.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Amoore100
11/06/2017 at 14:23

I feel you with the gay thing. It is hard to find someone to geek out with on cars on a date... Especially when I ask what they drive and it is something sad and mundane and their answer to dream car is equally uninteresting.

CaptDale - is secretly British > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/06/2017 at 14:24

I love it! Your Volvo emthuisims is awesome! What a great find. So how many are in the stable now?

Amoore100 > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/06/2017 at 16:13

Ew, a PRV—another swap would be in order!

Yeah, it’s actually awesome within the community (at least on Oppo), but to “normies” it’s often inconceivable and incongruous. I haven’t experienced Turbobricks as much as Oppo persay since school and dorm life is preventing me from doing any tinkering (though I desperately want a RWD Redblock Vo project at some point in my life), but it’s awesome to hear that they have a great community there as well—little in life is more important than having a great car community IMO.

Amoore100 > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/06/2017 at 16:21

YES I SWEAR well actually my answer to “dream car” is pretty uninspiring because it’s a list of several hundred (yet to compile it fully) so I just say “Citroen SM” and fend off the resultant incredulity.

I’ve yet to get into the dating scene because school and life keeps me busy, but I have amazing friends so that I never feel like I’m socially lacking and I don’t think I’m ready to get emotionally vested into someone else quite yet. That and I’m still trying to ground myself here in Arizona where, surprisingly, literally a quarter of all people I meet are queer. In a “red state”, no less! I have a lesbian friend whose goal is to speak to no more than five straight students for the entire year and I do believe she’s making headway, so at least I’ve found a nice place to take shelter from the storm. Now to scope out where the car people reside...

CaptDale - is secretly British > Amoore100
11/06/2017 at 16:50

I totally understand the long list of way too many cars. I usually say 67 Firebird or 59 Austin Healey 100-6 Works.

Thats right you left the good old coast and moved there for school right? Well being at a college I am not surprised by the blueness of it. Most colleges are regardless of where they are located. I think it is due to the more acceptance of people the way they are so more people are being who they are. Which I am for. Be who you are/ want to be.

How are you liking the desert?

CaptDale - is secretly British > Amoore100
11/06/2017 at 16:56

Also https://www.facebook.com/Scottsdale-Cars-Coffee-154825467881973/

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/07/2017 at 02:39

Three... The 262C, the 242 GT and a 244 GL...

Or, Volvos #12, 13 and 14 cumulatively... I’ve had too many cars.

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Amoore100
11/07/2017 at 02:42

You have to have a thick skin to hang out in Turbobricks Off-Topic, but it’s a good bunch of internet trolls.

But, if I can survive the trial by fire as an out, trans/femme lesbian, anyone can handle TB. You just can’t take yourself too seriously, and make sure to search the forum before asking how many psi a stock can support.

CaptDale - is secretly British > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/07/2017 at 10:57

But that is only 3 cars. You’re fine. Unless you still have 14 cars.... That is when you open your own museum.

Also, that is a beautiful 3 car garage.

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/07/2017 at 16:16

Only three, at the moment. Though I broke the GT this morning, so I need to fix that.

CaptDale - is secretly British > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
11/07/2017 at 16:17

Well that is car ownership for you. See 3 is the perfect number though.